Training and Education
Galway Traveller Movement & Community Employment for Travellers
The GTM CE Scheme is one of the means by which the GTM works towards the provision of new educational opportunities for Travellers which will increase their capacity to become involved in the project itself as well as in educational, social and economic activities in the wider community.
The CE programme is based on a belief that if Travellers are to reach their potential, Travellers must be provided with opportunities and support to undertake training and development, to take an active role in the labour market, and to develop enterprises where appropriate towards moving to a situation of independency, self empowerment and self-sufficiency.
The C.E scheme is designed as a training programme with specific work experience on identified projects. Within the scheme, there are opportunities for Travellers to access community development work experience through various skill areas.
The aims of the programme
• Create opportunities for Travellers within a supportive caring, culturally appropriate environment to access education, training and employment.
• To promote development opportunities for Travellers in Galway City
• To enhance the employability and outcome generation capacity of Travellers
• To improve equality of access , participation and outcomes for Travellers in the mainstream labour market
The project focuses on training, development and employment opportunities in the following areas,
➢ Community and Youth work
➢ Traveller Economy
➢ Office work
➢ Local development and wider community and voluntary sector
Past work
Member of the Travelling community are increasingly taking on roles as representatives of the GTM. A number of the CE participants are involved in the management committee of the GTM and provide inputs into the overall decision making within the project.
• Traveller men and women working in partnership
• Travellers in key positions within the project
• Travellers in leadership role
CE Traveller Men’s Enterprise Group
The employment rate amongst Travellers in Galway city is extremely high. The GTM targeted Traveller men to get involved in the project and to look at the areas of social economy In 2005 the CE scheme recruited 11Traveller men to look at social economy, Traveller men in work and set up your own business skills.. The 11 men are currently undertaking training in Landscape gardening, pre-community development, Health & wellbeing, fitness & Health, Health & Safety, Group work skills, Communications skills, Travellers issues. Personal development. (Etc)
Current work
• Travellers taking an active role in the mainstream labour market
• Increased Traveller participation
• Increased job and progression opportunities for Travellers.
• Development of Traveller economic activities within the Traveller economy.
• The emergence of Traveller enterprises and other forms of economic developments which arise from the development work of Traveller organisations and others including the Local Development organisations
• Access to culturally appropriate education and training and ongoing support for the Traveller community
Future Plan
• Increase Traveller participation
Contact Person:
Julia Sweeney
CE Supervisor
Tel: (091) 765390
FAS
Community services
Industrial Estate
Mervue
Galway
Tel (091) 706200
Fax (091)706281
